Japanese Architect
1. Kisho Kurokawa (1934)
Japanese Architect
One of the architects who founded the avant-garde Metabolist Movement; he advocated sustainable, eco-friendly architecture.
2. Tadao Ando (1941)
Japanese Architect
Self-taught architect whose buildings included the Church of Light in Japan and the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. Architectural historian Francesco Dal Co described his work as critical regionalism.
3. Arata Isozaki (1931)
Japanese Architect
Arata Isozaki is a Japanese architect from Ōita. He graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1954. Isozaki worked under Kenzo Tange before establishing his own firm in 1963. He...
4. Shin Takamatsu (1948)
Japanese Architect
Shin Takamatsu is a leading Japanese architect and professor at Kyoto University. Takamatsu's futuristic looking buildings often use anthropomorphic or mechanical imagery.
5. Atsushi Kitagawara (Unknow)
Japanese Architect
Atsushi Kitagawara is a Japanese architect.
6. Takaharu Tezuka (1964)
Japanese Architect
Takaharu Tezuka is a Japanese architect. In 1994 he and his wife Yui Tezuka founded the Tokyo-based firm Tezuka Architects. Projects by Tezuka Architects include the Roof House Echigo-Matsunoyama Museum...
7. Noriaki Okabe (1947)
Japanese Architect
Noriaki Okabe is a Japanese architect. He was born in Shizuoka Japan. He worked with Renzo Piano for twenty years in Europe from the designing construction supervision of the Centre...
8. Akira Kuryu (1947)
Japanese Architect
Akira Kuryu is a Japanese architect known for designing many museums in Japan. Compared with his contemporaries Kuryu started his career later than other famous Japanese architects. Kuryu graduated from...
9. Ryue Nishizawa (1966)
Japanese Architect
Ryue Nishizawa is a Japanese architect based in Tokyo. He is a graduate of Yokohama National University and is director of his own firm Office of Ryue Nishizawa established in...
